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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring ESX Server on Blade Servers
Mounting a USB CD-ROM Device
HP blades use a USB-based CD-ROM drive. VMware ESX Server automatically detects
this drive and installs the needed drivers. It is important to note that this drive uses a
special device node:
/dev/scd0
To mount the USB CD-ROM manually, type the following command:
mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom
Determining the Floppy Drive on a Blade Server
Generally, the floppy disk drive is /dev/sda on HP blades unless there is a SAN
attached.
Mounting a Floppy Drive from the Command Line
Type the following:
mkdir -p /mnt/floppy
mount /dev/sda /mnt/floppy
Mounting a Floppy Drive from the VMware Remote Console
To mount a floppy drive from the remote console:
1
Choose Settings > Configuration Editor.
2
If it is not already selected, click the Hardware tab.
3
Click Floppy Drive and select Use floppy image (even though you are actually
using a physical floppy drive).
4
Enter the appropriate /dev/sda device name.
Configuring Bond Failover on HP Blade Servers
Due to how HP BL20p, BL20p G2, BL20p G3, or BL40p blade servers detect network
connection failures, a network adapter bond may not failover when the primary
adapter is disconnected from an external switch. ESX Server includes an option to
detect network connection failures on these HP servers.
To configure bond failover, you need to set the Net.Zerospeedlinkdown option to a
value of 1 on HP BL20p, BL20p G2, BL20p G3, or BL40p blade servers.
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